38 senior data engineer jobs found

Senior Data Engineer London | Flexible, hybrid working pattern | Outside IR35 | 12-month engagement We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to shape modern data platforms, solve complex engineering challenges, and deliver data solutions that create business value. You'll join an organisation investing heavily in its data capabilities, working alongside architects, analysts, data scientists, and engineering teams to build production-grade data platforms supporting analytics, AI, and operational decision-making. Why Join? Work on large-scale data and cloud transformation initiatives Influence architecture, engineering standards, and platform strategy Deliver solutions with measurable business impact Join a collaborative team of experienced data professionals Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable data products and pipelines Own solutions from requirements gathering through to deployment and monitoring Develop cloud-native data platforms using...

Full Stack Engineer | Cross Asset Trading | React, C#, .NET, SQL Server | London | Hybrid 1-2 days onsite | Up to £550 p/day | Outside IR35 We’re working with a cross-asset trading business that’s firmly tech-first, where engineering sits at the heart of how the firm operates. They’re looking for a Full Stack Developer to join on a contract basis and help build the applications their traders and teams rely on every day. On the technical side, this is a front end-led role, with roughly 60% of your time in React, 30% across .NET, C# and API development, and the remaining 10% in SQL Server. Experience with the modern React ecosystem will set you apart, particularly the TanStack suite, which has become the industry standard for data access and routing. Just as important, you’ll bring a background in regulated environments. Finance can be a tricky space to step into cold, so a solid grasp of the vocabulary and an understanding of models and funds work will help you hit the...

Azure Platform Engineer | Contract | Outside IR35 Outside IR35 | London Market Insurance We are working with a leading London Market insurer looking for an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to deliver a new cloud sandbox platform. This is a hands on engineering assignment focused on building a secure, automated Azure environment that allows development and technology teams to provision temporary infrastructure for testing, experimentation and proof of concept activities. The platform architecture and strategy have already been defined. The successful contractor will take ownership of the technical implementation, automation and delivery through to operational handover. Key Responsibilities Build and configure Azure infrastructure to support secure, isolated sandbox environments. Develop reusable Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks to automate infrastructure provisioning. Implement automated deployment workflows using GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions....

Senior & Principal AI Delivery Consultants - Capital Markets Outside IR35 and Hybrid Working Location: London Start date: ASAP Contract requirement: 2-4 consultants, with the strongest two candidates prioritised for initial presentation. We are supporting a Tier-1 global financial institution looking to bring in experienced AI consultants who have successfully delivered commercial AI solutions into live production environments. The bank has several AI initiatives underway but needs additional engineering capacity to move projects beyond experimentation and into production. Previous permanent hiring efforts have not filled the requirement, so the priority is to identify high-quality consultants who can start quickly and deliver from day one. These are hands-on delivery roles, not research, advisory or proof-of-concept positions. Consultants will be responsible for designing and building AI solutions, integrating them into the bank's existing technology...

Data Engineer London (2 Days Onsite) | Outside IR35 | Long-Term Contract We're supporting a client delivering major data, cloud and AI transformation programmes and are looking to engage a senior consultant with a strong blend of technical expertise, stakeholder management and consulting capability. This role requires someone who can operate confidently with both senior business stakeholders and technical teams, helping shape solutions, influence decision-making and drive delivery across complex enterprise environments. We're specifically looking for consultants with 10+ years of commercial experience , ideally gained across multiple clients, industries and transformation programmes. Essential Skills & Experience 10+ years' experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture or Cloud Data Platforms Strong consulting background with proven client-facing delivery experience Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Comfortable operating at both strategic...

Senior Automation Test Engineer West Midlands - 1 day a week 6 month initial contract - Scope to extend Up to £500 per day - Outside IR35 Sanderson Recruitment has partnered with a leading organisation seeking a Data-Focused QA Engineer to play a key role in ensuring the quality, accuracy, reliability and performance of data pipelines and integrations across its data platforms. This position will be heavily focused on testing reporting solutions, SQL-driven data transformations, and end-to-end data integrations. Key Responsibilities: Validate batch and Real Time data pipelines to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Test data transformations, business logic, data models and perform source-to-target reconciliation. Verify end-to-end data movement across source systems, processing platforms and downstream applications. Design, develop, and maintain automated data validation and regression test suites. Identify data discrepancies while assessing...

Senior Automation Test Engineer West midlands - 1 day a week 6 month initial contract - Scope to extend Up to £500 per day - Outside IR35 Sanderson Recruitment has partnered with a leading organisation seeking a Data-Focused QA Engineer to play a key role in ensuring the quality, accuracy, reliability and performance of data pipelines and integrations across its data platforms. This position will be heavily focused on testing reporting solutions, SQL-driven data transformations, and end-to-end data integrations. Key Responsibilities: Validate batch and real-time data pipelines to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Test data transformations, business logic, data models and perform source-to-target reconciliation. Verify end-to-end data movement across source systems, processing platforms and downstream applications. Design, develop, and maintain automated data validation and regression test suites....

Lead Databricks Engineer Sector: Finance Contract: 6 months | Outside IR35 Rate : £600 Location: Leeds, with 2 days per week on site The role We are looking for a hands-on Lead Databricks Engineer to lead the delivery and improvement of data pipelines within an Azure Databricks environment. The platform uses a medallion architecture across its tables and views, with a strong focus on Python, reliable data processing and engineering quality. You will combine technical leadership with development, helping the team make sound design decisions, investigate loosely defined requirements and deliver well-tested solutions. Key responsibilities Lead the design, development and optimisation of Databricks pipelines using Python, PySpark and SQL. Build and maintain Delta Live Tables pipelines, managed tables and views across bronze, silver and gold layers. Define and implement data reconciliation and quality checks, investigating discrepancies between source...

Rate: Up to £550 per day IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Location: Fully Remote Contract Type: Contract Client: Financial Services We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to work with a financial services client on the development and automation of its cloud and data platform infrastructure. The role has a strong focus on Snowflake Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform and Azure , alongside improving security, identity management and CI/CD processes. You will play a key role in automating Snowflake provisioning, modernising deployment pipelines and strengthening the management of credentials across Azure and Snowflake. Key Responsibilities Snowflake Infrastructure as Code: Design and develop reusable Terraform modules to provision and manage Snowflake databases, schemas, warehouses, roles, grants, stages, integrations and other platform objects. Terraform Engineering: Develop and maintain reusable modules, manage Terraform state,...

Machine Learning/ML Ops Engineer Outside IR35: £500 - 625 p/d Active SC Clearance Required 4 days a week into East London 6 months initial contract, long term programme The Role We're looking for a Senior MLOps Engineer to build and run the infrastructure that takes machine learning models from research into production. You'll work alongside AI developers, software engineers and technical leadership to turn R&D into reliable, deployable products in the cloud and on edge hardware. The work is for a long-term programme in the defence and security sector. This is a hands-on role, and you'll have real influence over the architecture of the ML platform. What you'll do Design and maintain ML training pipelines, including distributed training at scale Build experiment tracking, model registry and data versioning capability Optimise models for production and edge deployment Containerise ML workloads, including multi-architecture builds for cloud and edge targets...

Machine Learning / ML Ops Engineer Outside IR35: £500 - 625 p/d Active SC Clearance Required 4 days a week into East London 6 months initial contract, long term programme The Role We 're looking for a Senior MLOps Engineer to build and run the infrastructure that takes machine learning models from research into production. You 'll work alongside AI developers, software engineers and technical leadership to turn R &D into reliable, deployable products in the cloud and on edge hardware. The work is for a long-term programme in the defence and security sector. This is a hands-on role, and you 'll have real influence over the architecture of the ML platform. What you 'll do Design and maintain ML training pipelines, including distributed training at scale Build experiment tracking, model registry and data versioning capability Optimise models for production and edge deployment Containerise ML workloads, including multi-architecture builds...

Freelance Lead Product Manager IR35:  Outside Contract Length:  12 months Start Date:  November 2026 Location:  Hybrid with twice per month in the London office Day rate:  £500-600 About the role Elsewhen is a London-based AI consultancy. We design and build technology for clients like Spotify, Google, Inmarsat and Zego. We value outcomes over hours and agility over rigid process. We're looking for an experienced Lead Product Manager to own a data and AI engagement from day one. The work focuses on rapid pilot builds, Databricks dashboards and Next Best Action modelling. You'll own discovery, shape the solution and validate it with the client, making sure what we build fits their wider vision and the outcomes they care about. You'll lead a small, cross-functional team alongside an AI Engineer and a Data Scientist. What you'll do Get up to speed fast...

Senior AI Engineer (Contract) Rate: £600-£650 per day (Outside IR35) Location: Hybrid, South Oxfordshire (2 days onsite, 3 days remote) Duration: Initial 6 month contract with extension potential The Opportunity A rapidly growing UK-based AI technology company is seeking a highly experienced Senior AI Engineer to join a team building cutting-edge AI systems used in high-stakes operational environments. The organisation develops advanced decision-support platforms that combine large-scale multimodal data sources, agentic AI, and intelligent orchestration to help users make faster, better-informed decisions. Their solutions are deployed in environments where reliability, explainability, and performance are critical. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, production-grade AI systems rather than proofs of concept, taking ownership of architecture, implementation, deployment, and optimisation across the full development lifecycle. The Role As a...

Senior Azure Security Engineer | Hybrid London (2 Days Per Week) | Outside IR35 £550pd | 5 Month Initial Contract We're currently looking for an experienced Senior Azure Security Engineer to join a Cyber Security team. Role: Senior Azure Security Engineer Location: London (2 days per week onsite, remainder remote) Duration: Initial 5 Month Contract Rate: £550 IR35: Outside IR35 The Role: You will be responsible for designing, implementing, securing and supporting Microsoft security technologies across cloud, identity, endpoint, infrastructure and security monitoring platforms. Key Responsibilities: Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft Azure security, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR and associated Microsoft security technologies Design, implement and support enterprise security controls across Azure, Microsoft Entra ID and the Microsoft security ecosystem Engineer and maintain Microsoft Sentinel capabilities Design, implement and...

Senior AI Engineer (Contract) Rate: £600-£650 per day (Outside IR35) Location: Hybrid, South Oxfordshire (2 days onsite, 3 days remote) Duration: Initial 6 month contract with extension potential The Opportunity A rapidly growing UK-based AI technology company is seeking a highly experienced Senior AI Engineer to join a team building cutting-edge AI systems used in high-stakes operational environments. The organisation develops advanced decision-support platforms that combine large-scale multimodal data sources, agentic AI, and intelligent orchestration to help users make faster, better-informed decisions. Their solutions are deployed in environments where reliability, explainability, and performance are critical. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, production-grade AI systems rather than proofs of concept, taking ownership of architecture, implementation, deployment, and optimisation across the full development lifecycle. The Role As a Senior...

GCP Cloud Data Engineer (Contract) Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | Immediate Start We are seeking 3 experienced GCP Cloud Engineers with strong Data Engineering expertise to join a high-profile public sector data transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a large-scale cloud and data platform, helping to enhance existing services, improve data quality, and support the migration of critical datasets and applications within Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Role Overview Contract Type: Outside IR35 Location: Fully Remote (UK-based) Duration: Initial 6 month contract Start Date: ASAP Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain security clearance Level: Mid to Senior The Opportunity You will join an established team working on an existing GCP environment, contributing across both cloud engineering and data engineering disciplines. Key responsibilities include: Migrating services, applications and datasets into appropriate GCP...

CDS & Data Labelling Specialist (inc. DLP) This role is delivered within secure environments. Candidates must hold active SC/DV clearance and hold UK citizenship. Join the Mission At ByDesign Secure, we believe that world-class security shouldn't be an afterthought—it should be the foundation. We are an independent, outputs-based consultancy dedicated to solving the most complex data assurance challenges in the UK public sector. Currently, we working on a landmark transformation of a cross-government secure IT system. This is an exciting opportunity to help engineer a private cloud environment from the ground up and modernize the end-user services that power national decision-making. We don't believe in ʺbilling by the hourʺ or rigid hierarchies; we are a lean, expert team focused on delivering high-impact technical outcomes. If you are a self-starter who thrives on autonomy and wants to see your engineering or architectural decisions shape the future of sovereign...

SC Cleared Python Developer - Defence & Aerospace £500 per day (Outside IR35) | 3-month contract, potential extension | Hybrid, Essex | Immediate Start We are seeking 1-2 experienced Python Developers for an urgent project within the defence and aerospace sector. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a technically challenging project involving defence cloud environments, automation, tooling and modern DevOps practices. Current Security Check (SC) clearance is essential. Candidates must already hold valid SC clearance. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain Python software for integration into a defence cloud environment. Contribute to projects across Data & AI, Automation & Tooling, and DevOps & Infrastructure. Support the development of automated tools, workflows and deployment pipelines. Work with modern development and code-quality tools to support reliable, maintainable software. Collaborate with...

Snowflake Data Platform Engineer Contract (Initial 6 - 9 Months) IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Day Rate: £500-550 p'/d Location: Fully Remote (UK based applicants) We are seeking a Snowflake Data Platform Engineer contractor to spearhead the migration, consolidation, and modernisation of our core data platform. In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex Legacy systems and a modern cloud-based data architecture, turning siloed cross-functional data into secure, trusted data products for the non-profit sector. The Role Snowflake Architecture: Design, build, and maintain enterprise-level environments (schemas, roles, access controls, deployment patterns). Data Modelling: Build curated, reusable models (supporter, donation, campaign, finance) to support standardized BI and analytics. Pipeline Integration: Develop robust ELT/ETL pipelines ingesting data from core business systems like Microsoft Dynamics and HubSpot. Optimisation & Governance:...

Data Quality Analyst Life & Pensions Insurance | Outside IR35 | 3-6 Month Contract | £450- £500 per Day | Mostly Remote The Opportunity We are supporting a major data transformation programme within the Life & Pensions insurance sector and are seeking an experienced Data Quality Analyst to join on an initial 3-6 month Outside IR35 contract. This role will focus on improving the quality, accuracy, completeness and consistency of business-critical insurance and pensions data. You will work closely with business stakeholders, SMEs and technical teams to identify data quality issues, define validation requirements and support the delivery of data improvement initiatives across complex policy, member and scheme datasets. The successful candidate will bring strong experience in data quality analysis, data validation and data profiling, alongside a solid understanding of insurance data. Experience within Life & Pensions, Pension Administration,...